The Mont Saint Michel, a tourist mecca.

The Mont Saint Michel is a municipality located in the region of Lower Normandy, in the Manche department.
This city owes its name to the rocky island dedicated to St. Michael where the abbey of Mont Saint-Michel.
In tourism is the third most visited site in France, with about three million visitors every year.
You should also know that this site since 1979 appears on the World Heritage List of UNESCO.

Inside the village you can visit different sites.
First there is the Abbey which offers a magnificent panoramic view of medieval architecture of XI to the XVI century.
You should know that the amount devoted to Saint Michael in 708, was among the first places of worship of Saint Michael the Archangel.

You can also attend a show "the archeoscope" that will tell you the story of the construction of this fabulous monument to the glory of God.

For military history buffs, there is the historical museum where many old collections are to be discovered, such as weapons, paintings, sculptures ...
You can also see the prisons, dungeons, dungeons and a reconstruction of lifelike, periscope of the nineteenth century discovered the bay.

After the term of the army, you can visit the museum of the sea and ecology, where we will explain the phenomena of the tides, and problems of silting of the Mont Saint Michel.

-Visit the home Tiphaine, home of Bertrand Du Guesclin, where fine tapestries, furniture and paintings are to be discovered.

This tour will appeal to all the family young and old, including its walks, its charm but also its shopping streets and numerous restaurants with famous pancakes and cakes from mother Poulard.

If you want to stay in Normandy, to visit this beautiful place, there are many campsites in Normandy, or guest rooms that will welcome you with kindness.